What is at stake?
- On February 23 the Charter Review Commission passed Proposed Amendment 1 to return elections for the Whatcom County Council to a vote of the people in districts. Each district would only vote for the representative in their district. The progressives that will attend on Monday do not want people to vote on this alternative.
- Currently we have an "at-large" voting system where the entire county votes for each representative, which essentially makes all of Whatcom County one big district. The progressives believe that "at large" voting will retain a council that only believes in their one sided view of things. They are right.
- The progressives believe the "at large" system will retain a county with no diverse voices of the several communities in the Whatcom County only theirs. They are right.
FACT: the City of Seattle voted to elect their representatives by district vote in 2013. Read an analysis of that charter amendment here.
FACT: The election results for the Charter Review Commission itself reflect quite clearly that there is a great deal of unrepresented diversity in thought throughout Whatcom County.
Progressives want you to believe their view is the only view.
- They say that our elections are fair even though in the 2013 County Council race, Ken Mann, and Carl Weimer did not win the vote of the people in their district.
- They will continue to send out mass emails full of lies and misrepresentations all designed to subvert the will of the people in Whatcom County.
- Don't let the progressives take your vote away! Please show up on Monday April 13 and make sure you voice is heard for diverse views on the County Council.
Charter Review Commission
6:30 pm, Monday, April 13, 2015
Civic Center Garden Room
322 N. Commercial
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